My Name Was Judas
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:1st Nov '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Some forty years after Jesus' death, Judas tries to set the record straight, and refutes his reputation as the betrayer.
We all know the story of Jesus told by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but what about the version according to Judas?
In this witty, original and teasingly controversial account, some forty years after the death of Jesus, Judas finally tells the story as he remembers it.
We all know the story of Jesus told by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but what about the version according to Judas?
In this witty, original and teasingly controversial account, some forty years after the death of Jesus, Judas finally tells the story as he remembers it. Looking back on his childhood and youth from an old age the gospel writers denied him, Judas recalls his friendship with Jesus; their schooling together; their families; the people who would go on to be disciples and followers; their journeys together and their dealings with the powers of Rome and the Temple.
His is a story of friendship and rivalry, of a time of uncertainty and enquiry, a testing of belief, endurance and loyalty.
C. K. Stead is challenging, fun, urbane and brilliant. Read him * Spectator *
Stead's book delights in subtle comedy and takes care to puncture all kinds of minor myths...Written with glowing simplicity and rich in delicate humour...[A] thought-provoking, witty and highly topical novel -- James Wood * Daily Telegraph *
[An] elegant, calm novel...Stead writes a cool, reasonable prose......Stead maintains an eye unblinkingly opposed to the transcendental * Guardian *
A subtly potent revisionist account of the life and death of Jesus * Sunday Times *
A gifted and intelligent novelist * Independent *
CK Stead, New Zealand's most distinguished man of letters - scholar, critic and poet, as well as novelist - has written a fiction that is remarkable, intelligent and moving -- Allan Massie * Scotsman *
Brilliantly imagined...Among Stead's many achievements is a convincing social, political and physical backdrop...his creation of a coherent, rival story - clever, moving and sometimes witty, with fully human characters - is nothing short of a revelation -- Sam Phipps * Herald *
A pleasingly unpredictable mix of traditional and radical... It's clever, thought-provoking * Independent *
ISBN: 9780099501381
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 16mm
Weight: 181g
256 pages